6. Stanford pumps life into effort to build India's emergency medical system

Though it's the world's second-most-populous nation, India has never had a coordinated system for responding to medical emergencies. The School of Medicine is helping the country bring a sweeping 911-type emergency response system to life.

Asked to sample two identical foods from the fast-food giant McDonald's, children preferred the taste of the version branded with the restaurant's familiar "Golden Arches" to one extracted from unmarked paper packaging.